Today yet another sad farewell: Carla Fracci, the Italian dancer defined with the title of absolute prima ballerina. He died at the age of 84 in Milan, the étoile who brought Italy to the world. Carla Fracci, the award-winning absolute icon of the dance world, who on September 19, 2020 received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Senate of the Italian Republic. Let's look some moments of his esteemed career

Carla Fracci, Italian danseuse and La Scala&#39;s former prima ballerina, dies at 84: let&#39;s review some moments of his long and appreciated career.&nbsp;

Carla Fracci was born in Milan on August 28, 1936, at the registry office as Carolina, but later - the one who will become one of the greatest dancers of the twentieth century - will simply choose to be called Carla. The Italian &eacute;toile has always stated that, unlike many girls of the same age, becoming a professional dancer has never been one of her dreams. For Carla Fracci, dance represented a past time, a relief valve to try to face lightly a particular historical context such as that of the Second World War. Not even knowing what a toy was, a child Carla Fracci began to see something special in her body, and in particular in the movements she was able to perform. So she began to dance, trivially to brighten the evenings of her family, and those of work to which her father (an ATM tram driver) used to take her. However, it was a friend of the Fracci family who recognized the talent of the young Carla, which is why she took her to the entrance exam of the La Scala dance school in Milan. Carla Fracci entered immediately, and this will be only one of the first confirmations received for the one who in 1981 obtained the title of absolute prima ballerina - a unique and rare honor, one of the most prestigious honors for the technicians of the dance sector.

Carla Fracci was born into a very humble Milanese family, her father Luigi Fracci was working as an ATM tram driver, and her mother Rocca Santina was a worker. The humble origins did not at all affect the career of the woman who today we consider one of the greatest dancers of all time and above all esteemed and known all over the world. Carla Fracci in fact, after her studies at the Scala in Milan, will start working with some foreign dance companies including: London Festival Ballet, Sadler&#39;s Wells Ballet (today the well-known Royal Ballet) and the Royal Swedish Ballet. One of the moments that absolutely consecrated the grace, elegance and skill of Carla Fracci, will see the Italian dancer in 1967 as a guest at the American Ballet Theater. Hence, a climb of countless successes that will see Carla Fracci interpret very important roles including Giselle, La Sylphide, Giulietta, Francesca da Rimini and Euripides&#39; Medea. The Italian &eacute;toile Carla Fracci during her career has shone almost as much as a star, even alongside dancers such as Rudolf Nureyev, Henning Kronstam, Alexander Godunov and the Italian Roberto Bolle.

&quot;THE DEATH OF THE SWAN&nbsp;- CARLA FRACCI (1987)

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&quot;ROMEO &amp; JULIET&quot; - RUDOLF NUREYEV, CARLA FRACCI E MARGOT FONTEYN (1983)

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Carla Fracci, Italian danseuse and La Scala&#39;s former prima ballerina

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Carla Fracci and her husband Beppe Megatti, they have been married since 1964

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Carla Fracci, La Scala's former prima ballerina, dies at 84

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